To deliver FRNYC programming to students, your school will partner with employers, intermediaries, and CUNY. Employer partners will support your school with establishing WBL experiences for students.

When/how employer partners are involved

Employers will play an integral role in the creation and implementation of your school's WBL experiences. While many opportunities for students will be managed by an intermediary partner (more details in Intermediary Partnerships section), your school is also welcome / encouraged to develop relationships with employers, particularly in your school's community.

See below for examples of how you and your students will engage with partners and who will manage these relationships.

    • Program

    • Details

    • School-Led Career Exploration and Awareness Programming

    • In order to meet the work-based learning expectations of FRNYC for 9th-10th graders, schools will need to cultivate employer partners to provide early grade career exploration programming (e.g., panels, workshops) and/or participate in pre-existing programs led by CBOs or other program providers.

      For more resources on this, see the Quality Work Based Learning Toolkit.

      Target Grade: 9th–10th

      Timing: Year-round

      Who Manages: School/WBL-Coordinator

All FRNYC schools will participate in the following programs

    • Program

    • Details

    • Career Discovery Week

    • Half-day field trip to employer partner to provide career exploration and exposure.

      Target Grade: 10th

      Timing: March

      Who Manages: Intermediary

    • Workplace Challenges

    • Employers present a challenge to students to solve over the course of a 6-8 week program guided by their teacher. Employers check in with students ~1x/week on their progress throughout and join for the final presentations.

      Target Grade: 11th

      Timing: Fall & Spring

      Who Manages: Intermediary

    • Internships

    • For the FutureReadyNYC program, students complete a 60-hour internship in their senior year.

      Target Grade: 12th

      Timing: Fall & Spring

      Who Manages: Intermediary

Expectations and Roles by Grade Level

    • Grade

    • Expectations

    • Roles

    • Grade 9
    • Two Career Awareness activities

    • Schools: Schools organize both

    • Grade 10
    • Two Career Exploration activities

    • Intermediary: Career Discovery Week

      Schools: Schools organize one

    • Grade 11
    • One Workplace Challenge (Career Development)

    • Intermediary: Education: ExpandED, Other Pathways: Grant Associates, CRMYA schools: Career Wise New York for apprenticeships if applicable

      Schools: School actively collaborates with intermediary partner to support WBL implementation

    • Grade 12
    • One paid internship (Career Development)

    • Intermediary: Education: ExpandED, Other Pathways: Grant Associates, CRMYA schools: Career Wise New York for apprenticeships if applicable

      Schools: School actively collaborates with intermediary partner to support WBL implementation